Clockwise from left- Kalyan Singh, C Vidyasagar Rao, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala and Mridula Sinha who were on appointed new governors for Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa respectively.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

Freida and Nachman Holtzberg, parents of Gavriel Holtzberg, a victim of 26/11 Mumbai attacks visit the newly opened Chabad Nariman House in Mumbai.

- PTI Photo by Mitesh Bhuvad

Aug 26, 2014

A priest blesses volunteers before they were sent to the eastern part of Ukraine to join the ranks of special battalion unit fighting against pro-Russian separatists, in Kiev, Ukraine. It was the second straight day that attacks were reported in the vicinity of Novoazovsk, which is in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk region but previously had seen little fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels.

- AP/PTI

Aug 26, 2014

Civilians gather at the site of a car bomb in the commercial area of New Baghdad, Iraq. A parked car bomb exploded in a busy area in eastern Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of people, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks to shake the Iraqi capital as the Shiite-led government struggles to dislodge Sunni militants from areas in the country's west and north.

- AP/PTI

Aug 26, 2014

Sheila Dikshit after a press conference following her resignation as Kerala Governor in New Delhi.

- PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist

Aug 26, 2014

A woman readies her child to take to safety as her house partially submerged by flood waters at Afala village at Disangmukh in Sivasagar district of Assam.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

A man suspected of carrying Ebola virus being taken to RML Hospital from IGI Terminal in New Delhi.

- PTI Photo by Shirish Shete

Aug 26, 2014

Social activist Medha Patkar addresses a press conference in Bhubaneswar.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

The cast and crew of "Modern Family", which won the award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

- Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Aug 26, 2014

An Army jawan during an encounter with militants, at Kalaro in Kupwara district.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

File photo of BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi who were dropped from BJP's Parliamentary Board. Advani and Joshi have been included in the Margdarshak Mandal, a new separate body set up as a guiding group.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

A monkey sits on the Tiger bridge over the Teesta river in Siliguri, WB.

- Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

Aug 26, 2014

Devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba and Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati during an altercation at a religious event in Kawardha in Chhattisgarh.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

Andy Samberg, left, and Lena Headey present the award for outstanding miniseries on stage at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.

- Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Aug 26, 2014

Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

- Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Aug 26, 2014

Julia Roberts goes to present the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.

- Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Aug 26, 2014

Nawaz Sharif supporters in Lahore, Pakistan.

- AP/PTI

Aug 26, 2014

People bring out their belongings out of the house damaged by shelling in Petrovskiy district in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Several shells hit the local market and nearby houses during the mortar duel between Pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian army.

- AP/ PTI

Aug 26, 2014

Maria Sharapova of Russia, serves to Maria Kirilenko of Russia, during the opening round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.

- AP/PTI

Aug 26, 2014

Seth Meyers hosts the show for the night.

- Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Aug 26, 2014

Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity offer special prayers at Mother Teresa's tomb during celebration of her 104th birth anniversary in Kolkata.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg interacts with children at Muktangan, a community school for the less privileged children in Mumbai.

- AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, Pool

Aug 26, 2014

Seth Meyers backstage.

- Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

Aug 26, 2014

People of border villages who are affected by Pakistani shelling, at a camp at Salehar village in Jammu.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

Palestinians inspect the damage to the Italian Complex following several late night Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City.

Children dressed as Mother Teresa offer prayers on the occasion of her birth anniversary in Bhopal.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

File photo of Sheila Dikshit who resigned from the post of Kerala Governor.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

Kathy Bates with her trophy for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie for “American Horror Story: Coven”.

- Photo by Casey Curry/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

Aug 26, 2014

Katherine Heigl at the awards.

- hoto by Evan Agostini/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

Aug 26, 2014

People protesting against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) and the detention of activist Irom Sharmila at a rally in Imphal.

- PTI Photo

Aug 26, 2014

DMK chief M Karunanidhi with members of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) at the TESO meeting at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai.

- PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar

Aug 26, 2014

The French flag is projected on the Paris City Hall as the city celebrates 70th anniversary of liberation.

- AP Photo/Christophe Ena

Aug 26, 2014

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg interacts with students at St Xavier’s College in Mumbai.

- PTI Photo by Santosh Hirlekar

Aug 26, 2014

BJP leader Kalyan Singh at his residence in Lucknow after being appointed as Governor of Rajasthan.

- PTI Photo by Nand Kumar

Aug 26, 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets US Congressman Aaron Schock at a meeting in New Delhi.

- PTI Photo/PIB

Aug 26, 2014

Rabbi Moshe Gourarie looks at a wall riddled with bullet holes during the 26/11 attacks. The Chabad Centre reopened in Mumbai after six years.

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Aug 26, 2014

After 50 days of carnage, a long-term ceasefire deal in Gaza, brokered by Egypt,
was on, says Hamas. Israel still noncommittal but talks included easing travel restrictions, repair of the vast destruction etc.

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Aug 26, 2014

The Italian firm Finmeccanica barred from any future defence contracts by India. A probe is still on into the cancelled $751 mn Agusta Westland chopper deal where
bribes were allegedly paid.